I feel I should not be ... so at the mercy of people's regard. And yet - it is the artist's desire for communication too; without the answering voice you get so numb; you lose faith in your powers to communicate.

I want to be pure in heart -- but I like to wear my purple dress.

You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation.

The collector walks with blinders on; he sees nothing but the prize. In fact, the acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty.

Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience.

My diaries were written primarily, I think, not to preserve the experience but to savor it, to make it even more real, more visible and palpable, than in actual life. For in our family an experience was not finished, not truly experienced, unless written down or shared with another.

Only with winter-patience can we bring the deep-desired, long-awaited Spring.